Scale-up of Digital Innovations in Health Care: Expert Commentary on Enablers and Barriers
Journal
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2022-03-11
Author(s)
Schlieter, Hannes
;
Marsch, Lisa A.
;
Whitehouse, Diane
;
Otto, Lena
;
Londral, Ana Rita
;
Teepe, Gisbert Wilhelm
;
Benedict, Martin
;
Ollier, Joseph
;
Ulmer, Tom
;
Gasser, Nathalie
;
Ultsch, Sabine
;
Wollschlaeger, Bastian
;
Abstract
Health care delivery is undergoing a rapid change from traditional processes toward the use of digital health interventions and personalized medicine. This movement has been accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis as a response to the need to guarantee access to health care services while reducing the risk of contagion. Digital health scale-up is now also vital to achieve population-wide impact: it will only accomplish sustainable effects if and when deployed into regular health care delivery services. The question of how sustainable digital health scale-up can be successfully achieved has, however, not yet been sufficiently resolved. This paper identifies and discusses enablers and barriers for scaling up digital health innovations. The results discussed in this paper were gathered by scientists and representatives of public bodies as well as patient organizations at an international workshop on scaling up digital health innovations. Results are explored in the context of prior research and implications for future work in achieving large-scale implementations that will benefit the population as a whole.
Language
English
Keywords
digital health
health care delivery
health interventions
digital health services
enablers
barriers
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
JMIR Publications
Volume
24
Number
3
Official URL
Eprints ID
266191